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swizzle(1) (iou)



swizzle noun1. colloq. E19.
[Origin unkn.: cf. SWITCHEL.]
A mixed alcoholic drink, esp. an unshaken cocktail containing rum or brandy.
Comb.: swizzle-stick: used for stirring and frothing or flattening Drinks; swizzle-stick tree, a small aromatic evergreen tree, Quararibea turbinata (family Bombacaceae), of tropical America.

diamylene (medicine)


diamylene
<chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.

Origin: Pref. Di- + amylene.

Source: Websters Dictionary